Thank you all for the Hood references. As chance would have it, my stash
for the dolls includes lots of silk velvet, and I know at least one piece is
soft enough at hand to make a very nice hood. The pearl braid I am using has
been harvested from a 'dead' wedding gown. The pearls are paste
Kathleen,
Are there pictures of your dolls online? I love dolls and would really
appreciate seeing your creations.
With regards,
kate
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] French hood for Elizabeth I
Kathleen,
Are there pictures of your dolls online? I love dolls and would really
appreciate seeing your creations.
With regards,
kate
I am continuing my retirement by creating historical costumes in minature
for a standing line of willing, naked dolls. Queen Maude (of Norway
circa1906-1938) can bee seen in Doll Craft/Costuming, issue for November
2007, along with Queen MarieAntoinette. Have also been having a wonderful
Definitely black. In looking at hundreds of portraits and text
references from the 16th c., I came across only a very very few
images and references to hoods of another color. The bags that
Kimiko mentioned are only seen on portraits of girls, and generally
in France. The young
--- LLOYD MITCHELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But for the
French hood...Would the veil on the back have been
Black or would there have
been another color suggested for a young girlof 13
yrs.? And, would this
have been velvet as is suggested as the right fabric
for the period?
The veil
I've been working on historical type dolls for a couple of years now,
and I found the best place to get quality fabric for their gowns has
been the local thrift store. A blouse of silk, a skirt of wool,
sometimes for as little as a dollar, with just enough fabric to make
the doll clothes, a good
What you do sometimes get with very young girls is just the hood with no
fall at the back. It starts with hennins, where there are a few small
girls wearing the dark front piece and no steeple. It certainly carries
on to English hoods, not sure of sources for French. All my books are
in
